Envelop.



No. 657,214. Patented Sept. 4, I900.

D. McC. EMORY, Decd.

T. EMORY, Administr'ator.

EN VEL UP.

(Application filed Dec. 14, 1899.)

(No Model.) X

WITNESSES l VVE/VTOI? ATTORNEYS.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DENNIS MCCARTHY EMORY, OF SYRACUSE, NEWV YORK THOMAS EMORY ADMINISTRATOR OF SAID DENNIS MCCARTHY EMORY, DECEASED.

ENVELO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,214, dated September 4, 1900. Application filed December 14, 1899. Serial No. 740,259. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DENNIS MCCARTHY EM- ORY, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Envelops, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in envelops, having more particular reference to envelops used by commercial people who desire to send out sample or advertising matter in unsealed envelops, yet at the same time so constructed as to not only give them the appearance of being sealed, but also afford all of the protection of a sealed envelop;

My object is therefore to construct an envelop for such a purpose, so that samples of light goods, circulars, or advertising matter may be sent through the mails at the cost of open packages, at the same time so constructed that the contents will not be lost in the mail; and to that end my invention consists in the several new and novel features of construction which are hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 shows a view of an envelop open ready for use. Fig. 2 is a section on line w m, Fig. 1.

a is the front face of the envelop, and b and c are the side flaps, the flap 6 being out long enough to pass above the intersection of the end flaps (Z and e, as shown at f. The flap 1) is first folded down onto the face a of the envelop. The end flaps d and e are then laid one upon the other and gummed or otherwise secured together, as shown at g, and the flap 0, which is the top or sealing flap, is gumined or provided with other adhesive material upon its ends, as shown at h. The side flap 0 is gummed upon each end only the distance of the outer ends of the flaps cl and e, so that when the out-er flap is scaled down onto the flaps d and e the flap 1) will not be touched by the sealing substance and be left free and unsealed, so that it may be pulled out by the finger, if desired. The pointfis curved upward, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to form a shield when the goods are inserted to protect the inner points of the end flaps d and e at the point g, where they are gummed together.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An envelop provided with the end flaps d, e, which have their ends sealed together, the side flap b which is closed down under the two flaps d, e, and which side flap has an end f turned upward and made to project beyond the edges of the end flaps d, e, and the side flap 0 which is gummed at its edges and is adapted to be turned down over the tops of the other three flaps, substantially as shown and described.

I11 witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of December, 1899.

DENNIS MCCARTHY EMORY.

Witnesses:

MILDRED M. N OTT, HOWARD P. DENIsoN. 

